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Evaluation of a Breastfeeding Protocol

Janet Pinelli, RN, MScN

School of Nursing, McMaster University; Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; McMaster University School of Nursing, 1200 Main Street West, HSc. 2J26, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5 Canada.

Margaret McGovern, RN, MScN

Bereaved Families of Ontario -Metro Toronto; City of York Health Unit, City of York, Ontario, Canada.

Margeree Edwards, PhD, PDt

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; Nutrition, City of York Health Unit.

Lynn Milligan, BSN, ACCE

Women's College Hospital and Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

A breastfeeding protocol has been field-tested in three hospitals. A pre-and post-test design was utilized to measure breastfeeding knowledge of health professionals and mothers before and after implementation of a standard breastfeeding protocol. Although results demonstrated a statistically significant increase in knowledge scores for health professionals and mothers, actual change in score was less than two percent and one percent respectively, compared to pre-intervention scores. Scores of both groups were not high and indicated limited knowledge in the health professional group in particular. Despite the fact that protocol implementation did not significantly alter knowledge scores, it did initiate positive changes in policies and procedures which may continue to influence knowledge and practice of health professionals.

Key Words: breastfeeding • evaluation • protocol

Journal of Human Lactation, Vol. 9, No. 4, 223-230 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/089033449300900421
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